Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has produced anniversary tons of steel at two shops. In particular, the electric steel shop produced the 45-millionth ton of steel. The first metal was produced there in 1969. At first the shop had 4 electric arc furnaces, a steel degassing machine and two slab continuous casting machines. The converter…

The people’s deputy Sergey Dunayev has failed keeping his promise of clearing salary debts to the state enterprise Lisichanskugol employees. “Because of red tape in filing documents to the Ministry of Finances and the State Treasury, the Ministry of energy and coal industry cannot promptly solve the problem of salary debts. The miners demand immediate…

In January-May by-product coke plants of Ukraine imported 4.75 million tons of coking coal and coal concentrate, up by 17% YoY. In May 0.9 million tons of coking coal were imported, down by 11% MoM. Ukrainian coal deliveries in 5 months totaled 1.24 million tons, down by 6% YoY, with 220 thousand tons delivered in…

Vostoc LLC, extracting gold in the Anadyr district of Chukotka Autonomous District, will start obtaining alluvial gold at the deposits of the Pravaya Kolbi River. This washing season the company intends to get 20 kg of gold. The balance resources of the deposit are estimated at 377 kg of gold. Investments in the site development…

As of June, Priisk Solovievskiy has obtained 35 kg of alluvial gold in Zabaikalye region. The work at the licensed sites is carried out by Zabaikalsky Quarry. This year Priisk Solovievskiy intends to get at least 350 kg of gold. The manufacturing plan for this year is the same as for the year 2017. (Ukrainian…

The gold-extracting enterprise Neryungri-Metallik has opened a new ore gold deposit – Vysokoye in the south of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). This is the third deposit of ore gold opened by the enterprise. The reserves are estimated at 2 tons of gold with the average contents of 1.3 g per ton. The size of…

In January-May Chukotka Autonomous District yielded 9.813 tons of gold, down by 5.8% YoY. At present, because of the weather conditions only ore gold is extracted in the region. Silver output dropped by 14.6%, to 49.117 tons. In January-April the leader in precious metals mining was the Chukotka Mining and Geological Company. At its Kupol…

Ruspolymet has started the project on the manufacture of metal powder and granules. The project will partially solve the problem of dependence on import deliveries. The new site will have 3 machines, including a mill to produce speed and tool steel of powder and granules. The commissioning of the line will provide some 3 tons…

Thanks to the energy bridge the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, has resumed the full cycle production at Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works. AMK now produces almost the entire range of its goods, including slabs. Rolled metal output reaches 70 thousand sheets per month, and slabs – also…

A fire at the Yerunakovskaya-8 mine of coal producer Raspadskaya in Kemerovo region has been liquidated, there have been no injuries, a source in the region’s emergency services reported on June 18. The source said earlier that all 114 miners were evacuated. Under preliminary data, the fire was caused by a short circuit in the…

PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders was held on June 13 with absentee voting. Shareholders approved by majority vote a dividend on MMK’s issued ordinary registered shares of 0.801 rubles (including tax) per share for the first quarter of 2018. The dividend will be paid in cash by bank transfer…

Poliarm LLC intends to continue geological exploration at the Lichkvaz-Tey gold and copper deposits. Poliarm bought 100% of the Armenian company, owner of the license to develop the deposits, in 2015. JORC resources of the deposits are estimated at 600 thousand ounces (18.7 tons) of gold equivalent. The Lichkvaz contains 4.3 million tons of ore…

As of June 1, Priisk Solovievskiy has mined 656 kg of gold on the territory of Amur region. According to deputy CEO on economic issues Victor Sizhuk, the goal was 113.9% fulfilled. Solovievskiy mine provided the main volume of output. The mine operates all the year round. Alluvial sites are developed from May to October.…

Uralmashzavod has successfully finished the main tests of one the largest winder machines on the world market, which can lift 50 tons of ore from the depth of 1300 meters. Gaysky Mining and Processing Works will be the first buyer. The construction of the machine began last year. Uralmashzavod is the only producer of winders…

In January-May Ukraine produced 25.22 million tons of iron ore concentrate, down by 1% YoY. In particular, sinter output increased by 22%, to 13.69 million tons, and pellets – by 12%, to 8.81 million tons. In May deliveries of iron ore raw materials to Ukrainian companies grew by 1% MoM, to 2.56 million tons. Iron…

In May 368 thousand tons of scrap were procured in Ukraine, up by 14% MoM. Of this 333 thousand tons were imported, up by 35% MoM. Scrap exports dropped to the 46% of the April volume, to 35 thousand tons. In January-May scrap procurement grew by 10%, to 1.561 million tons, with 1.31 million tons…

Metalloinvest will pay 18.999 billion rubles of dividends for 2017. The corresponding decision has been taken at the general meeting of the shareholders taking into account the net debt/EBITDA ratio of 1.9x Last year Metalloinvest net profit increased by 21.9% YoY, to $1.406 billion, with revenue up by 46.2%, to $6.231 billion and EBITDA by…

In July Ukraine intends to produce 1.8 million tons of steel and pig iron each, as well as 1.6 million tons of rolled metal. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, as of June 12, 20 of the 21 blast furnaces, 8 out of 9 open-hearth furnaces, 13 out of 16 converters, 7 out of 15 electric arc furnaces…

VIZ-Stal has commissioned new crane machinery in the cold-rolling shops. The project valued at over 30 million rubles will improve industrial safety and manufacturing efficiency. The lifting capacity of the new bridge crane is 22 ton, up by 2 tons from the previous model, which will increase transportation volumes by 10%. Energy saving equipment used…

Yuzhniy Kuzbass is attracting a subcontractor to work at the Bereovsky-1 site of the Olzheransky Pit. The Region-42 LLC will be using 2 Komatsu excavators, a drilling rig, a Caterpillar bulldozer, a grader and 7 quarry dump trucks with the lifting capacity of 130 and 160 tons. June coal output is expected at 25 thousand…

In January-May Magadan region obtained 8.363 tons of gold and 297.8 tons of silver, up by 794.2 kg and by 1.3 tons YoY respectively. The Tenkinsky city district was the leader in ore gold mining having provided 4.5 tons of gold. Alluvial gold output totaled 1106.3 kg, with Susuman city district providing the most –…